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Torah mantle
Austrian
1878
Dimensions
Overall: 81.3 x 43.2 cm (32 x 17 in.)
Accession Number
2016.399
Medium or Technique
Velvet, lined with cotton, with gold fringe. Embroidered in gold with threads wrapped to resemble jewels.
Not On View
Classifications
Used to cover the Torah when not in use, for display and oricession from ark to bimah
Provenance
1878, presented by Joseph and Rosalea Frank to a synagogue, possibly in Austria [see note]. Between about the 1940s and 1970s, acquired by Dr. Abraham I. Katsh (b. 1907 – d. 1998), New York; by inheritance to his daughter, Shelley Katsh, Pawtucket, RI; 2016, gift of Shelley Katsh and Mark Gabry to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 28, 2016)
NOTE: Inscribed in Hebrew: “Gift of Joseph Frank and his wife Rosalea, 1878.” It is not known precisely when or where Dr. Katsh acquired the torah cover. He traveled extensively to Russia, Eastern Europe, and Israel beginning in the 1940s.
Credit Line
Gift of Ms. Shelley Katsh and Dr. Mark Gabry in memory of Mrs. Estelle W. and Dr. Abraham I. Katsh—Katsh Family Judaica Collection